# Cc. Madhya 2.54 > গরুড়ের সন্নিধানে, রহি’ করে দরশনে, > সে আনন্দের কি কহিব ব’লে । > গরুড়-স্তম্ভের তলে, আছে এক নিম্ন খালে, > সে খাল ভরিল অশ্রুজলে ॥৫৪॥ ## Text > garuḍera sannidhāne, rahi' kare daraśane, > se ānandera ki kahiba ba'le > garuḍa-stambhera tale, āche eka nimna khāle, > se khāla bharila aśru-jale ## Synonyms *garuḍera*—Garuḍa; *sannidhāne*—near; *rahi'*—staying; *kare*—does; *daraśane*—seeing; *se ānandera*—of that bliss; *ki*—what; *kahiba*—I shall say; *ba'le*—on the strength; *garuḍa*—of the statue of Garuḍa; *stambhera*—of the column; *tale*—underneath; *āche*—there is; *eka*—one; *nimna*—low; *khāle*—ditch; *se khāla*—that ditch; *bharila*—became filled; *aśru-jale*—with the water of tears. ## Translation **Staying near the Garuḍa-stambha, the Lord would look upon Lord Jagannātha. What can be said about the strength of that love? On the ground beneath the column of the Garuḍa-stambha was a deep ditch, and that ditch was filled with the water of His tears.** ## Purport In front of the temple of Jagannātha is a column on which the statue of Garuḍa is situated. It is called the Garuḍa-stambha. At the base of that column is a ditch, and that ditch was filled with the tears of the Lord.